California Mediterranean Varietals The origins of California wine are rooted in Spanish history. Spanish grapes first arrived in what was then Alta California with the Franciscan padres, including Father Junipero Serra, in the late 1700s....

Nestled in the south, surrounded by the Black Forest Range to the east and running along the Rhine River from the French/Swiss border to the west, the state of Baden-Württemberg is one of the sunniest...

While most are familiar with Bordeaux or the Armagnac made in the Gascogne region, not as many are aware of the wines of this corner of France. The Sud Ouest is nestled between the Atlantic...

Central Europe The modern history of wine in Central Europe has been hectic. The region has dealt with two world wars, the collapse of at least two empires, and a slew of civil wars and...

South Africa The southern tip of the African continent boasts such incredible conditions for making wine that only centuries worth of humanity’s absolute worst ideas and impulses running amok could have prevented it from becoming...